Here are the full list of road closures ahead of this years IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire event, which will take place on June 11, 2023.
Diversion routes will be in place, but motorists are asked to plan journeys ahead and leave extra time. The triathlon event will see athletes undertake a 1.2-mile reservoir swim at Chasewater Country Park, a 56-mile bike course through the heart of the Staffordshire countryside and Cannock Chase AONB, and a 13.1-mile run around Stafford which takes in Stafford Castle.
The event is a collaboration between Ironman 70.3 Staffordshire, Stafford Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council. The bike route will start at Chasewater before heading north of Burntwood and Lichfield, through Kings Bromley and Yoxall and then head towards Draycott-in-the-Clay. The route then turns west and south past Bagot’s Wood and Admaston towards Rugeley. Cyclists will turn onto Bower Lane, around roads on Cannock Chase and back before heading to Wolseley Bridge and into Stafford via Tixall.
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Roads in Stafford affected include Tixall Road, Blackheath Lane, Dartmouth Street, Fairway and roads around the town centre. Riverway will remain open this year, though South Walls will be closed from Friday until Sunday. This year’s run will finish on South Walls due to the refurbishment work taking place in Stafford’s Market Square.
Spectator hotpots include Chasewater Country Park, Stafford town centre and Stafford Castle.
Newborough, Needwood, Hanbury
A515 – 7am to 12pm
Draycott in the Clay
A515, B5017, Jack’s Lane to the B5013 – 7am to 12pm
Stubby Lane
B5013, A515, B5017 – 7.30am to 12pm
Marchington
Stubby Lane, A515 – 7.30am to 12pm
Abbots Bromley
B5013, A515 – 7am to 12.30pm
Admaston and Colton
B5013 – 7.30am to 1pm
Wolesley Bridge
A51/A513 – 8am to 2pm
Rugeley
A51, B5013, Bower Lane – 8am to 2pm
Cannock Chase and Brindley Heath
Bower Lane, Stafford Brook Road, Penkridge Bank, Marquis Drive, Brindley Heath, and Broadhurst Green – 8am to 2pm
Also closed:
Tixall Road, Holdiford Road, Dartmouth Street (westbound only) – 8.30am to 2.30pm
Southwalls East Gate Street
Partial closure Friday to Monday
Stafford Town Centre
Bridge Street, Greengate Street, Gaolgate Street, Market Square, North Walls, Salter Street, Bank Passage, Malt Mill Lane, Market Street, St Martin’s Place, Martin Street, St Chad’s Place, Tipping Street, Greengate Walk, Mill Bank, Water Street, Mill Street, Greengate Walk, Tenterbanks, South Street, Castle Street, and Martin Drive.
7.30pm to 5.30pm
Newport Road – 8.30am to 4.30pm
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